Hillel the Elder

“The more Torah, the more life; the more study, the more wisdom.”

“A shy person cannot learn, nor can a quick-tempered person teach.”

“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.”

“An empty-headed person cannot be a sin-fearing person, nor can an ignorant person be pious.”

“Do not trust in yourself until the day you die.”

“Say not 'when I have leisure I will study'; perhaps you will have no leisure.”

“In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”

“He who does not increase his knowledge, decreases it.”

“The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.”

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”

“Do not separate yourself from the community.”

“Do not judge your fellow until you have reached his place.”

“Whoever seeks a name, loses his name.”

“My humiliation is my exaltation; my exaltation is my humiliation.”

“He who has acquired a good name has acquired it for himself; he who has acquired for himself words of Torah has acquired for himself life in the world to come.”